What Would Darwin Think?
- Topics:
- Biotechnology, Blog
Monday, February 9th, 2009, 2:15 PM
Claire Hope Cummings penned a fascinating article for Beacon Broadside which questions how Charles Darwin would feel that the faith vs. reason argument has carried on and on, far past his lifetime, into a new century.
Religious conservative circles around the country push an agenda of “creationism” in public schools, reducing evolution to mere theory. Cummings discusses Darwin’s own delicate balance between science and religion, and questions how the faith vs. reason argument plays out in the world of food and technology (i.e. cloning, genetic modification of animals, gene harvesting, etc).
From reading this website and other resources, we know the potential health and energy repercussions of mixing technology and food production, but for many, the ethical question may be equally significant.
Read the article, and tell us your thoughts.
– Deepa
